Mexican troops report record fentanyl haul in twin raids in Sinaloa
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Mexican troops report record fentanyl haul in twin raids in Sinaloa

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Mexican military and police patrol in Culiacan in the Mexican state of Sinaloa in January 2023. Mexican soldiers and marines have seized more than a ton of fentanyl pills in two raids in the north, with officials calling it the biggest catch of the synthetic opioid in the country’s history. The raids came after a sharp drop in fentanyl seizures in Mexico this year, and days after President-elect Donald Trump threatened to impose 25% tariffs on products from Canada and Mexico into the U.S. unless those countries cracked down on the flow of migrants and drugs across the border. Mexico’s top security official said soldiers and marines late Tuesday spotted two men carrying guns in the northern state of Sinaloa, home to the drug cartel of the same name. Figures for the first half of 2024 show that Mexican federal forces seized only 286 pounds of fentanyl nationwide between January and June, down 94% from the 5,135 pounds seized in 2023.

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Amid Trump's tariff threat, Mexico seizes record 20 mn doses of fentanyl
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1 month ago

Amid Trump's tariff threat, Mexico seizes record 20 mn doses of fentanyl

Firstpost  

Amid US President-elect Donald Trump’s threat of tariffs, Mexico has seized record 20 million doses of fentanyl drug as part of ramped up crackdown on drug production and distribution in the country Mexican authorities have ramped up action against production and distribution of drugs such as fentanyl in the country in recent days. In two instances on Tuesday, Mexican authorities …

Mexico announces largest fentanyl seizure in its history, amid US pressure
1 month ago

Mexico announces largest fentanyl seizure in its history, amid US pressure

Al Jazeera  

The Mexican government also revealed it had detained thousands of migrants, as it attempts to appease Trump’s border concerns. In a statement on Wednesday, Omar Garcia Harfuch, Mexico’s secretary of security and citizen protection, said the haul came after authorities took “two separate actions” in the coastal state of Sinaloa. Speaking to The Associated Press news agency, security analyst David …

Mexico announces record fentanyl bust days after Trump threatened tariffs over drugs crossing border
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1 month ago

Mexico announces record fentanyl bust days after Trump threatened tariffs over drugs crossing border

Daily Mail  

The Mexican military seized the largest shipments of fentanyl in history Tuesday, just days after President-elect Donald Trump threatened to levy a 25 percent tax on products from Mexico due in part to the deadly drug crossing the border. Mexican authorities said they recovered more than 2,000 pounds of fentanyl in the largest such seizure in the nation's history The …

Mexican troops seize a record fentanyl haul in northern Sinaloa state
1 month ago

Mexican troops seize a record fentanyl haul in northern Sinaloa state

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Mexican soldiers and marines have seized over a ton of fentanyl pills in two raids in the north, with officials calling it the biggest catch of the synthetic opioid in the country’s history. “It is clear that the Mexican government has been managing the timing of fentanyl seizures,” said security analyst David Saucedo. “But under the pressure …

Mexico makes record fentanyl bust days after Trump tariff threat
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1 month ago

Mexico makes record fentanyl bust days after Trump tariff threat

CNN  

CNN — Mexican authorities have announced what they say is the largest fentanyl bust in the country’s history, with over a ton of the synthetic opioid seized in two raids in the cartel-ridden northern state of Sinaloa. “It is the largest seizure of fentanyl pills that has ever been made,” Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Thursday morning during her daily …

Mexico makes record fentanyl bust days after Trump tariff threat
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Mexico makes record fentanyl bust days after Trump tariff threat

CNN  

CNN — Mexican authorities have announced what they say is the largest fentanyl bust in the country’s history, with over a ton of the synthetic opioid seized in two raids in the cartel-ridden northern state of Sinaloa. “It is the largest seizure of fentanyl pills that has ever been made,” Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Thursday morning during her daily …

'Canada isn't Mexico': Trudeau told Trump when they met, says Ottawa's envoy – Firstpost
1 month, 1 week ago

'Canada isn't Mexico': Trudeau told Trump when they met, says Ottawa's envoy – Firstpost

Firstpost  

Trump threatened to impose tariffs on products from Canada and Mexico if they don’t stop what he called the flow of drugs and migrants across their borders Canada’s ambassador to the United States said Sunday that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was successful in getting President-elect Donald Trump and key Cabinet nominees to understand that lumping Canada in with Mexico over …

California’s drug task force halts entry of an estimated $11.9 million in fentanyl, governor says
1 month, 3 weeks ago

California’s drug task force halts entry of an estimated $11.9 million in fentanyl, governor says

LA Times  

A close-up of fentanyl-laced pills can be seen in a 2019 photo. Amid an ongoing opioid crisis, a special task force of the California National Guard helped seize 1,542 pounds of fentanyl last month, with a street value of about $11.9 million, Gov. In October, the California National Guard’s Counterdrug Task Force helped seize more than 1.7 million fentanyl pills. …

Nine Arrested in Federal Drug Trafficking Investigation at New Mexico Prison
2 months, 1 week ago

Nine Arrested in Federal Drug Trafficking Investigation at New Mexico Prison

Associated Press  

Nine people have been arrested in a federal investigation into drug trafficking at a New Mexico prison. The arrests were made as part of a raid on 13 homes across the state, mostly in Albuquerque. The investigation is believed to be connected to inmates' spouses, family members and associates. Authorities found more than 1,000 fentanyl pills, heroin and methamphetamine inside …

In Fresno County, CHP seizes fentanyl found stuffed in carne asada
3 months ago

In Fresno County, CHP seizes fentanyl found stuffed in carne asada

LA Times  

During a recent traffic stop on I-5 in Fresno County, a California Highway Patrol K9 handler seized approximately 11 pounds of fentanyl, with an estimated street value of $500,000. California Highway Patrol officers scored a “meaty haul” in early October when they seized nearly $1.7 million worth of fentanyl in the Central Valley, some of which was found packed inside …

The nose knows: Border Patrol dog sniffs out 81 pounds of cocaine in Southern California bust
4 months, 2 weeks ago

The nose knows: Border Patrol dog sniffs out 81 pounds of cocaine in Southern California bust

LA Times  

A K-9 unit with the San Diego sector of U.S. Customs and Border Protection assisted in the recent seizure of 31 bundles of cocaine, authorities said. The driver of a sport utility vehicle authorities say was carrying more than 80 pounds of cocaine may have gotten away with it if it weren’t for that meddling dog. Around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, …

What's the fallout of Mexican drug lords' capture?
5 months, 1 week ago

What's the fallout of Mexican drug lords' capture?

India Today  

Sinaloa drug cartel were arrested by US agents in Texas during a dramatic operation and without the involvment of Mexican authorities. Impact on Sinaloa cartel US Drug Enforcement Administration chief Anne Milgram said Zambada's arrest "strikes at the heart of the cartel that is responsible for the majority of drugs, including fentanyl and methamphetamine, killing Americans from coast to coast." …

Mexico’s efforts to seize US-bound fentanyl drop sharply, while seizures of meth soar
6 months ago

Mexico’s efforts to seize US-bound fentanyl drop sharply, while seizures of meth soar

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Even as Mexican-made fentanyl continues to flood into the United States, Mexico’s efforts to seize the drug have declined dramatically, according to figures released Tuesday by the Defense Department. While Mexican meth is exported widely to the United States — and also causes huge addiction problems there — unlike fentanyl, a huge amount of meth is also …

Spanish police say they’ve broken up Sinaloa cartel network, and seized 1.8 tons of meth
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Spanish police say they’ve broken up Sinaloa cartel network, and seized 1.8 tons of meth

Associated Press  

MADRID — Spanish police dismantled a major methamphetamine distribution network of the Mexican Sinaloa cartel after seizing 1.8 tons of the illegal drug, police said Thursday. Police said they made five arrests — a Mexican national whom police identified as the group’s leader, as well as three Spanish people and one Romanian — and raided six properties in the eastern …

Counterfeit fentanyl pills are becoming a lot more common in law enforcement seizures
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Counterfeit fentanyl pills are becoming a lot more common in law enforcement seizures

NPR  

Counterfeit fentanyl pills are becoming a lot more common in law enforcement seizures Enlarge this image toggle caption AP AP A new study shows a dramatic spike in the number of counterfeit fentanyl pills being seized by law enforcement, an indication of the growing illicit drug supply driving the country's historic opioid crisis. Last year, more than 115 million pills …

Mexico’s chief detective apologizes for saying his country is the ‘champion’ of fentanyl production
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Mexico’s chief detective apologizes for saying his country is the ‘champion’ of fentanyl production

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — The head of Mexico’s detective service apologized Thursday for saying his country is “the champion” of fentany l and meth production. The comments Tuesday by Felipe de Jesus Gallo, the head of Mexico’s Criminal Investigation Agency, appeared to contradict past statements by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who has denied any fentanyl is produced in Mexico. “For …

Riverside County deputy, 14 others arrested in drug trafficking bust
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Riverside County deputy, 14 others arrested in drug trafficking bust

LA Times  

Authorities have arrested 15 people, including a Riverside County correctional deputy, in connection with a Sinaloa, Mexico, drug trafficking network in the Inland Empire. Culminating a yearlong investigation dubbed “Hotline Bling,” authorities in Riverside County have seized millions of dollars worth of illegal drugs and arrested 15 people suspected of helping a Sinaloa, Mexico, cartel’s drug trafficking network, including a …

The head of Mexico’s detective service says his country is the ‘champion’ of fentanyl production
8 months, 2 weeks ago

The head of Mexico’s detective service says his country is the ‘champion’ of fentanyl production

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — The head of Mexico’s detective service acknowledged Tuesday that the country is “the champion” of fentanyl production, something that appears to run counter to past statements by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. But Felipe de Jesus Gallo, the head of Mexico’s Criminal Investigation Agency, said that since the 1990s “Mexico has been the champion of methamphetamine production, …

Mexico, a leading producer of illicit fentanyl, can’t get enough for medical use, study finds
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Mexico, a leading producer of illicit fentanyl, can’t get enough for medical use, study finds

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — A report released by the Mexican government Friday says the country is facing a dire shortage of fentanyl for medical use, even as Mexican cartels pump out tons of the illicit narcotic. Nonetheless, Mexican cartels appear to be having no problem importing tons of precursor chemicals and making their own fentanyl, which they smuggle into the United …

California seized enough fentanyl last year to kill everyone in the world ‘nearly twice over’
10 months, 1 week ago

California seized enough fentanyl last year to kill everyone in the world ‘nearly twice over’

LA Times  

Border Patrol agents found nine packages of blue pills in the roof of a Ford Expedition on May 18 after a traffic stop in San Diego County. The total amount of the potent synthetic opioid seized last year “is enough to potentially kill the global population nearly twice over,” Gov. In 2023, the California National Guard supported other law enforcement …

Fire extinguishers used to smuggle fentanyl in from Mexico, DOJ alleges
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Fire extinguishers used to smuggle fentanyl in from Mexico, DOJ alleges

LA Times  

Seventeen people have been charged in an alleged drug smuggling scheme in which fentanyl and other drugs were brought from Mexico to Los Angeles. Fentanyl was smuggled into Los Angeles from Mexico inside of fire extinguishers, according to the U.S. Department of Justice, which charged 17 people in the scheme. After crossing the border, the trucks involved in the smuggling …

Hidden panels, counterfeit bottles, fentanyl: A year of buying drugs in Mexican pharmacies
1 year ago

Hidden panels, counterfeit bottles, fentanyl: A year of buying drugs in Mexican pharmacies

LA Times  

The tag on her white lab coat read “professional pharmacist,” and the framed health and safety certificates lining the walls behind her gave the drugstore an air of legitimacy. One worker said that during the second round of sweeps, authorities came to his Cabo pharmacy “looking for loose pills.” The officials also reviewed financial records, and ultimately decided the store …

31 pharmacies in Mexico are shut as authorities crack down on fentanyl-tainted pills
1 year ago

31 pharmacies in Mexico are shut as authorities crack down on fentanyl-tainted pills

LA Times  

A drug store in Playa del Carmen advertises a range of medications. Mexican authorities raided dozens of pharmacies in Ensenada and seized thousands of boxes of pills as part of a broader effort to crack down on drugstores suspected of selling counterfeit and fentanyl-tainted medications. Dubbed Operation Albatros II, the recent raids targeted 53 pharmacies in the Baja California port …

Mexico raids and closes 31 pharmacies in Ensenada that were selling fentanyl-laced pills
1 year, 1 month ago

Mexico raids and closes 31 pharmacies in Ensenada that were selling fentanyl-laced pills

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Mexican authorities said Friday they have raided and closed 31 pharmacies in Baja California’s coastal city of Ensenada, after they were detected selling fake or fentanyl-laced pills. The announcement represents one of the first times Mexican authorities have acknowledged what U.S. researchers pointed out almost a year ago: that Mexican pharmacies were offering controlled medications like Oxycodone, …

Mexico’s arrest of cartel security boss who attacked army families’ complex was likely personal
1 year, 1 month ago

Mexico’s arrest of cartel security boss who attacked army families’ complex was likely personal

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — The U.S. government thanked Mexico for arresting a hyper violent alleged Sinaloa cartel security chief, but according to details released Friday, the detention may have been highly personal for the Mexican army. Defense Secretary Luis Cresencio Sandoval said Nestor Isidro Pérez Salas, who was arrested Wednesday, had ordered a 2019 attack on an unguarded apartment complex where …

The US sanctions Mexican Sinaloa cartel members and firms over fentanyl trafficking
1 year, 2 months ago

The US sanctions Mexican Sinaloa cartel members and firms over fentanyl trafficking

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Tuesday imposed sanctions on 13 members of Mexico’s powerful Sinaloa cartel and four Sonora, Mexico-based firms accused of trafficking fentanyl and other drugs into the United States. The Treasury Department’s undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, Brian Nelson, said that the U.S. “will aggressively pursue all who are complicit operators and facilitators of these …

U.S. sanctions Mexican Sinaloa cartel members and firms over fentanyl trafficking
1 year, 2 months ago

U.S. sanctions Mexican Sinaloa cartel members and firms over fentanyl trafficking

LA Times  

The Treasury Department’s undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence said that the U.S. “will aggressively pursue all who are complicit operators and facilitators of these illicit fentanyl networks.” The Biden administration on Tuesday imposed sanctions on 13 members of Mexico’s powerful Sinaloa cartel and four Sonora, Mexico-based firms accused of trafficking fentanyl and other drugs into the United States. The …

U.S. Senate proposal could force action on counterfeit pills in Mexican pharmacies
1 year, 2 months ago

U.S. Senate proposal could force action on counterfeit pills in Mexican pharmacies

LA Times  

Terry and Celia Harms at their home in Warwick, R.I., in April 2023. “I included language in the Senate’s version of the State, Foreign Operations, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill,” Reed, a majority member of the Senate’s powerful Appropriations Committee, said via email. “It would ensure the Secretary of State provides Congress a report on the scope of the problem …

Some GOP candidates want to use force against Mexico to stop fentanyl. Experts say that won’t work
1 year, 3 months ago

Some GOP candidates want to use force against Mexico to stop fentanyl. Experts say that won’t work

Associated Press  

MIAMI — Ron DeSantis wants suspected drug smugglers at the U.S.-Mexico border to be shot dead. Vivek Ramaswamy has accused Mexico’s leader of treating drug cartels as his “sugar daddy” and says that if he is elected president, “there will be a new daddy in town.” Donald Trump, the Republican front-runner for the 2024 nomination and long the person who …

Banners purportedly from Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel say gang has sworn off sales of fentanyl
1 year, 3 months ago

Banners purportedly from Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel say gang has sworn off sales of fentanyl

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Banners appeared Monday in northern Mexico purportedly signed by a faction of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel claiming that the gang has sworn off the sale and production of the synthetic opioid fentanyl. The machine-printed banners purportedly signed by the sons of imprisoned drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman claim they have prohibited the sale or production of fentanyl …

Why America’s Republicans want to bomb Mexico
1 year, 3 months ago

Why America’s Republicans want to bomb Mexico

Hindustan Times  

MEXICANS ARE used to their country being used as a piñata during American election seasons. In 2015, in a speech to launch his presidential campaign, Donald Trump accused Mexico of sending drug traffickers, rapists and other criminals to America and promised to make Mexico’s government pay for a wall along the border. At the first Republican primary debate on August …

Counterfeit pills involved in growing share of overdose deaths in the US, CDC study finds
1 year, 4 months ago

Counterfeit pills involved in growing share of overdose deaths in the US, CDC study finds

CNN  

CNN — Overdose deaths reached record levels in the United States in recent years, and a new report shows that counterfeit pills are involved in a growing share of those deaths. Illicitly manufactured fentanyl was involved in nearly all overdose deaths with evidence of counterfeit pills use, including more than two out of five deaths that were exclusively caused by …

Los Angeles crime lab finds 4% of seized fentanyl samples contain flesh-eating sedative
1 year, 5 months ago

Los Angeles crime lab finds 4% of seized fentanyl samples contain flesh-eating sedative

LA Times  

County officials warn that a new testing initiative has found xylazine — a sedative that can cause necrotic sores — in about 4% of fentanyl samples seized by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Five months after public health officials warned Angelenos that a dangerous, flesh-eating sedative may have infiltrated the illicit drug supply, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department …

Commentary: Pharmacies selling fentanyl-laced pills are deadly tourist traps in Mexico
1 year, 5 months ago

Commentary: Pharmacies selling fentanyl-laced pills are deadly tourist traps in Mexico

LA Times  

Medications are lined up on shelves in a pharmacy in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. A warning appeared on Tripadvisor on May 25, 2020: “Cabo pharmacies selling fentanyl laced pills.” The person posting under the moniker Spreadingfacts wrote, “My brother passed away last year after buying pills at a pharmacy in Cabo.” Over several posts, the writer said their brother died after …

Mexico says it doesn’t have a fentanyl problem. New data reveal a hidden epidemic
1 year, 6 months ago

Mexico says it doesn’t have a fentanyl problem. New data reveal a hidden epidemic

LA Times  

As fentanyl has ravaged the United States, killing tens of thousands of Americans each year, Mexican leaders have insisted their country has been virtually untouched by the opioid. Mexico officially recorded just 19 deaths from all opioids in 2020, the most recent year for which data are available, with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador contending fentanyl is exclusively a U.S. …

Mexican authorities raid pharmacies in inquiry into fentanyl-tainted pills
1 year, 6 months ago

Mexican authorities raid pharmacies in inquiry into fentanyl-tainted pills

LA Times  

Pharmacies in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, are selling counterfeit prescription pills laced with illicit substances and passing them off as legitimate pharmaceuticals. Authorities in Mexico raided several Los Cabos drugstores last month and arrested four people as part of an ongoing investigation into pharmacies selling counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl and methamphetamine. The raids are important, Pineda said, “because the …

L.A. public health officials warn about fentanyl-tainted pills in Mexican drug stores
1 year, 6 months ago

L.A. public health officials warn about fentanyl-tainted pills in Mexican drug stores

LA Times  

Medications on shelves in a pharmacy in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Los Angeles County public health officials on Tuesday issued an alert warning Angelenos that some pharmacies in Mexico have been selling counterfeit medications containing fentanyl and other narcotics. “Due to fentanyl, we are seeing people overdose and die the first time they try an illicit substance or counterfeit pill.” Citing …

Fentanyl-tainted pills now found in Mexican pharmacies from coast to coast
1 year, 6 months ago

Fentanyl-tainted pills now found in Mexican pharmacies from coast to coast

LA Times  

Some of the pills looked just like antibiotics. Earlier this year, The Times found that pharmacies in several northwestern Mexico cities were selling counterfeit pills over the counter, passing off powerful methamphetamine as Adderall and deadly fentanyl as Percocet and other opioid painkillers. “One of the greatest threats to the safety and health of Americans today are fake prescription pills …

Sons of Mexico’s El Chapo: We don’t make fentanyl — or feed victims to tigers
1 year, 8 months ago

Sons of Mexico’s El Chapo: We don’t make fentanyl — or feed victims to tigers

LA Times  

Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, head of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, is escorted at Mexico City’s airport after his capture in 2016. “We are victims of persecution and have been made into scapegoats.” Those are among the assertions in a startling letter to the media from “Los Chapitos,” sons of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán — the notorious ex-kingpin of the Sinaloa cartel …

Editorial: U.S.-Mexico officials must put aside animosity to stop fentanyl deaths
1 year, 8 months ago

Editorial: U.S.-Mexico officials must put aside animosity to stop fentanyl deaths

LA Times  

A round of indictments against a major Mexican fentanyl trafficking ring last week presents an opportunity to hobble the multinational drug enterprise killing people on both sides of the border — but only if leaders in the United States and Mexico can stop sniping at each other and overcome a rift between them. Gen. Merrick Garland, announcing the indictments against …

Mexico president slams US ‘spying’ after traffickers charged
1 year, 8 months ago

Mexico president slams US ‘spying’ after traffickers charged

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s president lashed out Monday at what he called U.S. “spying” and “interference” in Mexico, days after U.S. prosecutors announced charges against 28 members of the Sinaloa cartel for smuggling massive amounts of fentanyl into the United States. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador suggested Monday that the case had been built on information gathered by U.S. agents …

Mexican president pushes back on US criticism on violence
1 year, 9 months ago

Mexican president pushes back on US criticism on violence

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s president on Friday angrily rejected comments by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken that the Mexican government has lost control over parts of the country. However, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador acknowledged that Mexican cartels had placed people inside Mexico’s drug regulatory agency to approve imports of fentanyl precursor chemicals from China. Earlier this week, Blinken …

US warns about fake, dangerous pills being sold in Mexico
1 year, 9 months ago

US warns about fake, dangerous pills being sold in Mexico

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — The U.S. State Department has issued a travel warning about dangerous counterfeit pills being sold at pharmacies in Mexico that often contain fentanyl. The State Department warned that such pills are often counterfeit and “may contain deadly doses of fentanyl.” “Counterfeit pills are readily advertised on social media and can be purchased at small, non-chain pharmacies in …

Lack of hugs caused US fentanyl crisis, Mexico’s leader says
1 year, 9 months ago

Lack of hugs caused US fentanyl crisis, Mexico’s leader says

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s president said Friday that U.S. families were to blame for the fentanyl overdose crisis because they don’t hug their kids enough. The comment by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador caps a week of provocative statements from him about the crisis caused by the fentanyl, a synthetic opioid trafficked by Mexican cartels that has been blamed for …

Mexican president floats fentanyl ban, faults US drug policy
1 year, 9 months ago

Mexican president floats fentanyl ban, faults US drug policy

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s president called anti-drug policies in the U.S. a failure Wednesday and proposed a ban on using fentanyl in medicine — even though little of the drug crosses from hospitals into the illegal market. But López Obrador said he would ask doctors and experts whether all use of fentanyl by doctors could be ended, as well, to …

Federal lawmakers call for travel advisory about fentanyl in pills at Mexican pharmacies
1 year, 9 months ago

Federal lawmakers call for travel advisory about fentanyl in pills at Mexican pharmacies

LA Times  

Testing is done on an Adderall pill in Cabo San Lucas. Congressional lawmakers are calling on the State Department to issue a travel advisory warning Americans that some Mexican pharmacies are passing off counterfeit pills made of fentanyl and methamphetamine as legitimate pharmaceuticals. U.S. Sen. Edward J. Markey and Rep. David Trone sent a letter Friday to Secretary of State …

Mexican president to US: Fentanyl is your problem
1 year, 9 months ago

Mexican president to US: Fentanyl is your problem

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s president said Thursday that his country does not produce or consume fentanyl, despite enormous evidence to the contrary. Ambassador Ken Salazar saying a meeting between Sherwood-Randall and Mexico’s attorney general was meant “to enhance security cooperation and fight against the scourge of fentanyl to better protect our two nations.” There is little debate among U.S. and …

Mexico claims largest synthetic drug lab bust to date
1 year, 10 months ago

Mexico claims largest synthetic drug lab bust to date

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Mexican soldiers seized more than a half million fentanyl pills in a raid on what the army’s announcement Wednesday called the largest synthetic drug lab found to date. “This is the highest-capacity synthetic drug production lab on record during this administration,” the army said in a statement. The bust came on the same day that the U.S. …

Mexico, U.S. officials call for action after investigation into counterfeit medicine
1 year, 10 months ago

Mexico, U.S. officials call for action after investigation into counterfeit medicine

LA Times  

Officials from Washington, D.C., to Mexico City have begun calling for action after an “alarming” Los Angeles Times investigation revealed that some pharmacies in Mexico are selling counterfeit medication laced with powerful narcotics including fentanyl and methamphetamine. “No one should suffer an overdose from a counterfeit drug, especially one sold at a pharmacy.” Jeremy Khan, a spokesman for the U.S. …

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